Growth in adventure tourism (which includes bear viewing holidays) since 2003: 8% per year

Rate of growth of bear viewing industry required to completely offset the economic loss of ending the commercial trophy hunt of bears in BC: 4% per year

Amount that rate has been exceeded, to date: 100% per year

Number of grizzlies viewed on Maple Leaf Adventures’ Great Bear Rainforest trip in a key estuary in 2003, just after hunt stopped in that estuary: 1

Number of grizzlies viewed there in 2005: 13; in 2006: 14; in 2007: 10; in 2008: 6

Promoting responsible tourism provides long-term, rewarding jobs and protects wildlife and ecosystems, and the way of life of the people who depend on those ecosystems.

Since 1986, Maple Leaf Adventures has operated ecotourism adventures in B.C. and Alaska.

Since 1991, Maple Leaf has developed ecotourism in the Great Bear Rainforest, called by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., “the last stand of the great North American rainforest”. Enjoy this video about the spectacular Great Bear!